Date of download: 6/29/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Reducing Friction in Tilting-Pad Bearings by the Use of Enclosed Recesses J. Tribol. 2007;130(1): doi: / Flow chart for the program. Figure Legend:

Date of download: 6/29/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Reducing Friction in Tilting-Pad Bearings by the Use of Enclosed Recesses J. Tribol. 2007;130(1): doi: / Left: The bearing pad used in Ref. for the one-dimensional analysis. Right: The bearing pad used for the two-dimensional analysis. The recess is 20μm deep. Figure Legend:

Date of download: 6/29/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Reducing Friction in Tilting-Pad Bearings by the Use of Enclosed Recesses J. Tribol. 2007;130(1): doi: / Drawing of a rectangular pad with a recess. Lpad and Wpad define the pad length and width. Lpivot denotes the distance of the spherical pivot from the leading edge of the pad. Lrecess and Wrecess denote the minor and the major axis of the elliptical recess and Lend defines the position of the recess relative to the trailing edge. Figure Legend:

Date of download: 6/29/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Reducing Friction in Tilting-Pad Bearings by the Use of Enclosed Recesses J. Tribol. 2007;130(1): doi: / The sector shaped bearing pad considered. The recess size and position are defined by Eq.. Figure Legend:

Date of download: 6/29/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Reducing Friction in Tilting-Pad Bearings by the Use of Enclosed Recesses J. Tribol. 2007;130(1): doi: / Results from the TEHD analysis of the eight-pad bearing with a recess Figure Legend: